boy racers

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i was cycling near my house and a car comes up quiet behind me and all of a sudden a big noise out of the exhaust and speeds by me and nearly hitting me

he went so fast i couldn't see the plate

i want to know why do boy racers do what they do

donuts on the roads and cause accidents

do they love attention

was mommy not giving them much attention when they were small :rolleyes:

i just dont understand it

give me a bmw any day


ill get to the point

i taught there was a law coming in to stop the big exhaust etc

where did that go

colm_mcm

Boy racers drive BMWs too!

Dean820

Boy racers give us young decent men a bad name.

colm_mcm

bad drivers drive all sorts of cars and are spread across all age groups, there is no point trying to reason why people do stupid things, the easist conclusion is that they're idiots.

Seth Brundle

Can someone tell me what a boy racer is please?

Run_to_da_hills

In Australia they call these guys "hoons".

MSporty

I always get great satisfaction in overtaking these muppets,all done safely of course

colm_mcm

MSporty wrote: »

I always get great satisfaction in overtaking these muppets,all done safely of course

which muppets? the ones that do donuts, or the ones who drive anything that's modified?

Green Hornet

Little sh1ts used to do the same to me when I was cycling. They'd sneak up behind me on the road (dont know how with the 3.45 mile wide exhausts:D) and suddenly pull up beside me. Frighten the hell out of you. Believe it or not they often fired oranges and even bottles at me!

I often wondered if they did that to tourists too. Maybe they just dont like me................

woop

yes most people on a motoring forum hate those noisy exhausts ferrari's etc..........honestly as long as theyre not breaking any laws or putting peoples lives in danger I dont think its fair to brand someone a boy racer now perhaps there are some people who are idiots and dont drive well who have loud exhausts

and re the throwing of stuff well thats just people being ba*tids
also why if such a loud exhaust were you not aware of such a car, I know that I generally realise there is somebody beside me when out cycling even when it is not a "sooped up" car, you should really keep an eye out especially if you didnt see the number plate aswell it really calls youre skills of observation into question

there are some eejits in bmws out there doing dangerous things on the n11 op, shocked by some of the moves Ive seen people pull lot of them wearing suits

MSporty

colm_mcm wrote: »

which muppets? the ones that do donuts, or the ones who drive anything that's modified?

No, Cyclists

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colm_mcm wrote: »

Boy racers drive BMWs too!

true but most boy racers have ****ty cars and pimped up pretty badly

eg honda civic

i heard about this fella in my area who has written off 5 cars allready and hes around 20 yrs old


boy racer of course

the parents just keep buying the cars

colm_mcm

MSporty wrote: »

No, Cyclists

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »

true but most boy racers have ****ty cars and pimped up pretty badly

eg honda civic
i heard about this fella in my area who has written off 5 cars allready and hes around 20 yrs old
boy racer of course
the parents just keep buying the cars

I'm sure he'd be writing the cars off regardless of whether they were modified or not, most mods on Irish cars are purely cosmetic.
young lads are attracted to modified or sporty cheap cars, it doesn't follow that someone driving a modified car is a young lad, or someone who drives like a lunatic.

Deputy Dog

Theres no need to be jealous of a nice sounding exhaust and we all know a dead cyclist is a good cyclist! :pac::pac::D

woop

there are a good bit of badly pimped up cars

have you drove a honda civic?

well isnt that more his parents fault

Run_to_da_hills

There is genuine car enthusiasts who are into their cars and spend heaps doing them up and I know a few of them. It is just a couple of idiots out there that are tarring all these guys with the same brush. In theory the points system should rid them from the road. I find the idiot that hogs up a national road and wont pull over a worse menace than the boy racer.

MSporty

Well theres nothing like giving these lads a taste of their own medicine. Always makes me laugh when driving behind one these goons at night. They usually try to take off up the road, freaks them out when they cant get away from you. They usually give up then, some of them even beep the horn when your turning off or they are turning off the road. Apparently a sign of respect or so im told

Green Hornet

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I find the idiot that hogs up a national road and wont pull over a worse menace than these guys.

Its a pity there are not penalty points for doing that. Convinced some of them come out on purpose in the morning and evening to hold up the traffic. Well, maybe thats pushing it a bit but they are a pain in the ass.

Headshot

woop wrote: »

why if such a loud exhaust were you not aware of such a car, I know that I generally realise there is somebody beside me when out cycling even when it is not a "sooped up" car, you should really keep an eye out especially if you didnt see the number plate aswell it really calls youre skills of observation into question

its very strange

he must have slowed down alot coming up behind my back and bang he rev up and next thing you know he nearly hits the bike

and the funney thing about it he did the over taking on a very very dangerous corner

people like that get their just derserts someday
what goes around comes around

Anan1

MSporty wrote: »

I always get great satisfaction in overtaking these muppets,all done safely of course

MSporty wrote: »

Well theres nothing like giving these lads a taste of their own medicine. Always makes me laugh when driving behind one these goons at night. They usually try to take off up the road, freaks them out when they cant get away from you. They usually give up then, some of them even beep the horn when your turning off or they are turning off the road. Apparently a sign of respect or so im told

And you don't think that you're a boy racer?

MSporty

More like a man racer

Green Hornet

Anan1 wrote: »

And you don't think that you're a boy racer?

Got caught with that one a while ago myself.

Run_to_da_hills

Isn't there a special forum dedicated to boy racers http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=603

UrbanFox

To answer OP's question about "why".

It is a simple spelling error.

Spell the "racer" of boy racer as "w a n k e r" and you have your answer.

MSporty

They are nearly as dangerous as women learner drivers and Motorcyclists!!

Mena

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »

he went so fast i couldn't see the plate

What kind of car was it? I wasn't aware they could fit warp drives into standard saloons yet :pac::pac:

colm_mcm

could've been a Prius? would explain the OP not hearing anything till the driver put the boot down!

Steve

Cycling, boy racers, BMW's, fartboxes, revenge, bad overtaking, warp drives and eco cars all in the one thread?:eek:

Careful lads - this is skirting on a quantum singularity in motors. DeV would kill us if we imploded boards.

For the love of God, don't anybody mention speed cameras.

Sam Kade

Here are seven definitions of boy racers.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boy+racer

Steve

Sam Kade wrote: »

Here are seven definitions of boy racers.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boy+racer

It is not a widely held belief amongst boy racers that motorists will eventually tire of them and encourage them off the road with a nudge from a pick-up truck, or pedestrains will get a sudden surge of adrenaline and hurl a rock through their window and/or plastic spoiler. However, some motorists theorise this will happen.

FTW!:D

unkel

stevec wrote: »

For the love of God, don't anybody mention speed cameras.

Or fog lights

Quick, before it gets too far